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Summary
Chris and We'am host a special Q&A episode with ELT experts Chris Graham, Sylvia Nassar, and Lina Mukhopadhyay, answering listener questions on vital teaching topics. Discussions include the value of teacher associations, finding quality in teacher talk time, reconsidering learning styles, practical techniques for teaching writing and collocations, managing fast finishers, and effectively incorporating students' home languages in multilingual settings. The episode looks back at series highlights and concludes the series.Episode description
Welcome to this special final episode of series three of the TeachingEnglish podcast! Chris and We'am look back at some of the highlights from the series. They also talk to a panel of ELT experts who answer the questions from you, our TeachingEnglish community listeners. First, we ask IATEFL vice president Chris Graham about teacher associations and their benefits. Chris gives his view on teacher talk time and talks about how ideas about learning styles have changed. Next, PhD researcher Silvia Nassar gives some practical techniques for teaching collocations. She also tells us how to deal with fast finishers to maximise learning and minimise disruption. Finally, we talk to university professor Lina Mukhopadhyay, an expert in multilingualism and English language education based in Hyderabad, India. Lina helps us think about how to use students' home languages in class and shares some of the challenges and benefits of multilingual classes.
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